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By: Carla Nasca, Ph.D

September 30, 2025

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Tahirah Abdullah, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Kentucky

Tasneem Abrahams, B.S.

University of Cape Town

Alison Alden, Ph.D.

Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago
Northwestern Universtiy

Amy Alpine, Ph.D.

Not Available

Pasquale Alvaro, Ph.D.

University of Adelaide

Michael Anderson

Not Available

Nancy De Andrade, Ph.D, OM

California Institute For Human Science

Natalie Arbid, B.A.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Garcia Ashdown-Franks

University of Toronto

Tony Attwood, Ph.D.

University of London

Catherine R. Ayers, Ph.D., ABPP

University of California, San Diego

B

Victoria Bacon, M.P.S.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jess Baker, Ph.D.

University of New South Wales

Abigail Barthel, BA

Boston University

Pat F. Bass III, M.D., M.S., MPH

Louisiana State University

Sherry A. Beaudreau, Ph.D., ABPP

Stanford University

Michele Bechor, BA

Florida International University

Elspeth Bell, Ph.D.

Fordham University

Julie Bindeman, Psy.D.

Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington
George Washington University

Pepperdine University

Montclair Kimberley Academy

Olivia Bolt, Ph.D.

Canterbury Christ Church University

Mark Boschen, Ph.D.

University of Queensland

Polina Bowler, L.Ac, Dipl. OM, NCCAOM

Not Available

University of South Carolina Aiken

Vlasios Brakoulias, MBBS, MPsychiatry, Ph.D., FRANZCP

The University of Sydney

Iris Bräuninger, Ph.D.

University of Tübingen

Brian P. Brennan, M.D., MMSc

Harvard Medical School

Rebecca J. Brooker, Ph.D.

Montana State University

Jessica Browne, BPsyc(Hons), Ph.D.

University of Wollongong

Julia D. Buckner, Ph.D.

Louisiana State University

Ashley Bujalski, M.A.

William Paterson University

Brendan Bych, BS, CRC

University of California, Los Angeles
Westside NeuroTherapeutics

Alexander Bystritsky, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles

C

University of Melbourne

Amber Calloway, M.A.

University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Pennsylvania

Anne Cameron, MA, LMFT

National University

Chloe Carmichael, Ph.D.

Long Island University

Sierra Carter, Ph.D.

Emory University

Michele Cascardi, Ph.D.

William Paterson University
Stony Brook University

Weilynn C. Chang, B.S.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Gregory S. Chasson, Ph.D.

Illinois Institute of Technology

William Paterson University

Victor Cohen, Ph.D.

Alliant International University
University of Michigan

Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Barbara Cox, Ph.D.

Alliant International University

Alexandra S. Creighton

Monash University

University of Reading

D

Katherine K. Dahlsgaard, Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania

Martale Davis, M.A.

Kent State University

Tanya E. Davison, DPsych

Australian Catholic University

Blake F. Dear, Ph.D.

Macquarie University
Mindspot Clinic

Paul DePompo, Psy.D., ABPP

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute of Southern California
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute of Southern California

University of Pennsylvania

Gretchen J. Diefenbach, Ph.D.

Yale University School of Medicine

Margaret Gail Distler, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Mary E. Dozier, B.A.

University of California, San Diego

Andra Duncan, MT-BC

Institute for Therapy through the Arts

E

Jesalyn Eatchel, LCSW

San Diego State University

Ifeoluwa Ekundayo

University of South Carolina Aiken

Thalia C. Eley, Ph.D.

King’s College London

Elizabeth H. Eustis, Ph.D.

Boston University

F

Mark Feinberg, Ph.D

Pennsylvania State University

Deborah Flanagan

NYU Langone Medical Center

Greg Fonzo, Ph.D.

University of California, San Diego

Vanessa E. Ford, LCSW, CADC

Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work

G

Thea Gallagher, Psy.D.

University of Pennsylvania

Claire Galloway, Ph.D.

Emory University

Natalie Gay, B.A. , Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

Liana Georgoulis, Psy.D.

Pepperdine University

Danielle Gianferante, Ph.D.

Brandeis University

Christian Gloria, Ph.D.

University of Texas, Austin

Katherine J. Gold, M.D., M.S.W., M.S.

University of Michigan

Clarissa J. Gosney, Psy.D.

California School of Professional Psychology

Christine E. Gould, Ph.D.

Stanford University

Jessica R. Graham-LoPresti, Ph.D.

Salem State University
University of Massachusetts Boston
Williams College

Elizabeth Green MB, BS (Hons), FRACP

University of Melbourne

Frances Griffith, MS

Florida State University

Daniel F. Gros, Ph.D.

Medical University of South Carolina

H

Christian Hahn, M.Sc.

University of Western Ontario

Dong (Dan) Y. Han, Psy.D.

University of Kentucky

Aleena Hay, Ph.D.

Boston University

Sarah Hayes-Skelton, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT

Alliant International University

Adam Heenan, Ph.D.

Queen’s University
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Ryan Herringa, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jon Hershfield, MFT

OCD and Anxiety Center of Greater Baltimore

Dianne M. Hezel, M.A.

Harvard University

Stefan G. Hofmann, Ph.D.

Boston University

Jill M. Hooley, D.Phil.

Harvard University

David Houghton, MS

Texas A&M; University

Kean J. Hsu, Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles

Jeremy Hulley, MA, LMHC, SEP

Bastyr University

Samuel Hunley, Ph.D.

Emory University

J

Alexandra Janelli, C.Ht.

Hypnosis Motivation Institute

Emily R. Jeffries, B.A.

Louisiana State University

Laura M. Jelsone-Swain, Ph.D.

University of South Carolina Aiken

Alissa Jerud, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D.

Emory University

K

David A Kalmbach, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

Jessica Maples Keller, Ph.D.

Emory University

Mitzy Kennis, Msc

The University Medical Center Utrecht

Ashfaq Khokhar, Ph.D.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Shelley Kind, B.A.

Boston University

David W. Kissane, M.D.

Monash University

University of Virginia

Simon Robert Knowles, Mpsyc (Clinical), Dip (Clin Hyp), Ph.D.

Swinburne University of Technology

Kristina J. Korte, M.S.

Boston University

L

Martin Lang, M.A.

University of Connecticut
Masaryk University

Stella F. Lourenco, Ph.D.

Emory University
University of Chicago
University of Toronto

Carol S. Lee, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Edward Lemay, Ph.D.

University of Maryland
Yale University

Shari Lieblich, B.S.

University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Eugene G. Lipov, M.D.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jorge Lopez-Castroman, M.D., Ph.D.

Montpellier University Hospital

Abigail Powers Lott, Ph.D.

Emory University
Washington University in St. Louis

Herman R. Lukow II, Ph.D.

Virginia Commonwealth University

University of Toronto

Veena Luthra, MD, ABPN

American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology

M

Patricia Macnair, MBChB, MA

King’s College London

Jessica Maples-Keller, Ph.D.

Emory University

Cheyenne Marani, B.A.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Carla E. Marin, Ph.D.

Yale University School of Medicine

Kenneth G. Marks, Esq.

California Western School of Law

Jeremy Martinez, MD

Matrix Institute on Addictions

Karen G. Martinez, M.D.

University of Puerto Rico

Carrie Masia Warner, Ph.D.

Montclair State University

Liz Matheis, Ph.D.

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Myrto Mavilidi, MSc

University of Wollongong

Jesse McCann, B.S.

University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

Rockefeller University

Patrick O. McGowan, Ph.D.

University of Toronto

Emory University

Michael Merjanian, M.D., M.M.M.

Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc.

Jennifer Merritt

Emory University

Benjamin Meyer, LCSW

New York University

Vasiliki Michopoulos, Ph.D.

Emory University

Kinga Morsanyi, Ph.D.

Queen’s University Belfast

David A. Moscovitch, Ph.D.

University of Waterloo
Boston University

Rodrigo Muñoz, M.D., FAPA

University of California, San Diego

N

Carla Nasca, Ph.D.

Rockefeller University

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Miles Neale, Psy.D.

Belinda Needham, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

Lexi Frank Newhall, MFT

California Institute of Integral Studies

Kelly Nguyen, MFT

California Institute of Integral Studies

Andrea N. Niles, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Seth Davin Norrholm, Ph.D.

Wayne State University

O

Kevin O’Grady, E.D.

The LGBT Center Orange County

Beate Oerbeck, Ph.D.

Oslo University Hospital

Yvonne Ogbonmwan, Ph.D.

Emory University

Kile Ortigo, Ph.D.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

P

Fred Paas, Ph.D.

University of Wollongong

Nancy A. Pachana, Ph.D., FAPS, FASSA

University of Queensland

Jennifer M. Park, Ph.D.

Rogers Behavioral Health
Stanford University
Massachusetts General Hospital
University of South Florida
Amherst College

Rockwell Parker, Ph.D.

Washington and Lee University

Rémi Patriat, MS

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sara Pawlowski, M.D.

University of Vermont College of Medicine
Vassar College

Jeremy Pettit, Ph.D.

Florida International University

Catherine Pittman, Ph.D, HSSP

St. Mary’s College

Rachel Roos Pokorney, LCSW

Columbia University

Carrie Potter, M.A.

Temple University

Nicole Pugh, Ph.D.

University of Regina

R

James Ransom, M.A.

University of Hartford

Dave Ravi, M.D.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Angela Retano, RN, MS, PMHNP

New York University

David C. Rettew, M.D.

University of Vermont College of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Michelle L. Rhymes

Louisiana State University

Susanna Roberts, BSc, MSc

King’s College London

Cinzia Roccaforte, Psy.D.

Alliant International University

Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Nicolas Rohleder

Brandeis University

Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LGSW

University of Maryland School of Social Work
Adventist Behavioral Health

Laura Grace Rollins, M.A.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LCPC

Institute for Therapy through the Arts

Marni Rosen, Psy.D., ATR

Institute for Therapy through the Arts

Judy Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Francine Rosenberg, Psy.D.

Nova Southeastern University

Michele Rosenthal

S

Catherine Sabiston, Ph.D., M.H.K

University of Toronto

Lindsey Salerno, M.Ed.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

University of Michigan

Haverford College

Jerome Sarris, Ph.D.

University of Melbourne

Katherine Schafler, LMHC

University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University

Constance Scharff, Ph.D.

Cliffside Malibu

Lindsay Scharfstein, Ph.D.

Yale University School of Medicine
University of Central Florida

Maude Schellhous, CCHT, CBT

American Council of Hypnotist Examiners

Adriano Schimmenti, Ph.D., DClinPsych

Kore University of Enna

Jeremy Schwartz, LCSW

Columbia University

Daniel Segenreich M.D., Ph.D.

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Tara Shafer, M.A.

Columbia University
Reconceiving Loss, LLC

Sigal Sharf, MS

University of Southern California

Lindsay Sheehan, MS, CRC, LPC

Illinois Institute of Technology

Amitai Shenhav, Ph.D.

Harvard University

Helen Blair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D.

Columbia University Medical Center

Andrew E. Skodol, M.D.

University of Arizona

Griffith University

Albert Speranza, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Shauna Springer, Ph.D.

The Stella Center
Harvard University
University of Florida

Mary Steinhardt

University of Texas, Austin

Anaïs Stenson, Ph.D.

Emory University

Jennifer Stevens, Ph.D.

Emory University

Catherine Stewart

University of Connecticut

Michael A. Sugarman, MA, TLLP

Wayne State University

Karen L. Suyemoto, Ph.D.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Patrick Sweeney

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Maisha M. Syeda, MSc.

University of Calgary

T

Bethany Teachman, PhD

University of Virginia
Yale University

Megan Teychenne, Ph.D.

Deakin University

Mari Terzaghi, Ph.D.

Long Island University

Nickolai Titov, Ph.D.

Macquarie University
Mindspot Clinic

William Paterson University

Arthur S. Trotzky, Ph.D.

Oregon State University

Nataliya Turchmanovych, B.S.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Jeremy Tyler, Psy.D.

University of Pennsylvania

U

Sanne van Rooij, Ph.D.

Emory University

V

Northwestern Universtiy

W

Lauren P. Wadsworth, M.A.

University of Massachusetts Boston

University College London

Arick Wang, Ph.D.

Emory University

Christian Wasinger, CHT

American Council of Hypnotist Examiners

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Keri Weed, Ph.D.

University of South Carolina Aiken

Marlynn Wei, M.D., J.D.

Yale University School of Medicine

Hilary Weingarden

George Mason University
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jennifer Welbel, LPC

Northwestern Universtiy

Carrie Wendel-Hummell

University of Kansas

Alexandra J. Werntz, M.A.

University of Virginia

Lindsey M. West, Ph.D.

Augusta University
University of Massachusetts Boston

Michael Wheaton, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Keith Whipple, MA, RDT

Institute for Therapy through the Arts
Lesley University

Emily K. White. Ph.D.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Sarah Krill Williston, M.Ed., Ph.D.

VA Boston Healthcare System

Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Ph.D.

Temple University

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Xin-hui Xie, M.D.

Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Psychological Health Center

Y

Yunlei Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

David Yusko, Psy.D.

Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Z

University of Waterloo

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